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This community is for people with depression. Memes and general discussion about depression are encouraged and welcome.

Bi-polar people are also allowed to post here but only sometimes.(joke)

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Therapy is not for everyone, check out peer counseling instead: https://www.americanmentalwellness.org/intervention/peer-support/

Find health professionals: https://www.psychologytoday.com/

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tried to kill myself and my friends reaction changed me (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by AnotherFuture@sh.itjust.works to c/depression_now@lemmy.world

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I'm very lonely and live thousands of kilometres from home, the only person I have in my daily life is one friend. lately he's been pretty obsessed with this girl and we haven't been talking so much because of it so I thought it would be the perfect time to through with it since I had a lot of alone time. I won't go into detail about what happened next but I do recall coming-to and him knowing I was depressed and not hearing from me for days he had decided to check up on me and see how I'm doing. when I explained to him what happened he broke down into tears and it's the only time I've seen him cry in the 7 years I've known him. I'm just shocked, I always wondered firsthand how people would feel if I did it and now I think I know. my family is really far away so they probably won't ever know this happened but I just don't know how to feel. I'm tired of feeling so much pain but I also take other emotions into account now, no antidepressants or therapists have ever been enough to heal the damage of a fucked up life. just don't know how to feel.

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[–] dontblink@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago

Have you checked out other types of therapies? Not all therapies are the same and not all medicines are the same!

You might just be missing what works for you! Don't get discouraged, I have been in therapy for 4 years and only after this time I understood that my therapist doesn't make it for me anymore!

I have PTSD from childhood trauma and from what I've read many therapists focus on other symptoms without actually addressing the core trauma.

Currently changing therapy with a microdosing friendly Gestalt therapist! Just the fact of standing for myself in one of the ugliest times makes me feel so proud.

Whatever you do, don't stop trying and don't stop seeking for alternative solutions. Think about how you managed to live with all this pain until now, and how strong you are for that. Most of the others cannot know how much strength is required to deal with such emotions.

Think if one day you will unlock this all, think how many beautiful things you could do with the consciousness of how it feels to actually feel bad!